Wow

So....been quite awhile since I've been here. I so don't know where to begin...

Recently we got a playhouse for Saige, it's actually a HUGE crate from Micah's work. Saige and I painted the inside pink and she wants the outside blue. Micah still needs to cut out the window and put doors on it. At first he was talkin about making a bar with tractor seats, now he is just going to put in a bench seat. I so like the first idea better.

Also.....I decided to take the plunge and start my own photography business. Kami Madison Photography. Real original name right?! I tried to come up with something creative. Wildwood Photography.....Star...but it just didn't work. So I just stuck with that. Simple. Kind of like me. I will be doing photo shoots on location. I don't have a studio, anyone can do studio pictures, I love the outdoors and so that is what I am doing. Plus it's less of a start up cost. ;o) I am really feeling insecure about this all. What if I'm not good enough or what if no one likes my photos, or if no one hires me!? *sigh* just one of my flaws, I always over think stuff. Makes me more worried than I need to be. All I need to do is believe in myself and promote my business and all should be good. Right?

Saige's first movie

Sunday we went to see New Moon. Saige has never went to the movies, well except the drive in, but I don't count that. I had been debating for weeks on whether to take her or not. I didn't know if she would sit still through a 2 hour movie, or if she would get bored, want to pee all the time, ect... So I kept asking her and of course she kept saying yes, so I told her that she would have to sit still and be quite, other people were in there to watch the movie and not hear her.

She did remarkably well. She did have to get up and go pee, and of course that was when Edward was leaving Bella. GRR I missed some of that, the first part. Oh and when Jake took off his shirt for the first time she got up out of her seat and ran down to Brittany(cousin's 13 yr old dd) and said really loud, "Brittany! Did you see THAT?" Of course the people in front and behind us were crackin up. And when they were at the Volturi, she came and sat on my lap. I don't think she liked the beating Edward took. Saige is totally Team Jacob though. After the movie was over she kept saying that Jacob is hot. She so wants to go see it again. Maybe we will. ;)

Now I have to say that New Moon rocked! I liked it soooo much better than Twilight. I don't know if it was the new director, the bigger budget, whatever, but they need to keep on doin what they are doin. Bella "seeing" Edward was a little cheesy, I would rather of heard him. I'm also glad, (what little we saw of him) that Jasper didn't look all constipated this time. My only disappointment, well disappointments, were that we didn't see Emmett that much, so need to see him, and the ending. How can they leave me hangin like that? I know, I know it's like that in the book, but still! Give me a little, just a little....

Now I need June to get here pretty darn fast!!! Eclipse June 30, 2010!!!!
Oh and I need to find Saige a Team Jacob shirt.
Gen loved it as well, and so did Livi.

I am such a bad, bad blogger! I'm going to try to get on here more, even if it's just a sentence or two.

I'm now done with my first term at Kaplan. Just need to take the Accounting I final. Then I get a week break and on to Accounting II and Composition II. It's going good, just not as fast as I want it too. I want to be done NOW so I can get a job. Should have done this a LONG time ago.

The girls are good. Normal everyday stuff here. Saige got an airplane swing. We are slowly building a tree house. While we were doing that one day, she was on her swing and the thing just fell apart. She smashed her little fingers on the way down. Luckily she wasn't going that fast or high.

We got another puppy, (have I mentioned this?) he is a Rat Terrier. Buck. Doing ok, but he needs to stop eating my walls! His owners had to get rid of him, so we took him, or he would have gone to the shelter.

Speaking of puppies, Saige was on you tube, and was supposed to be watching Dora. Well, she somehow wound up watching something with puppies that just broke her heart. She was so upset, kept saying we needed to save the puppies and take them home. So, the only thing that would calm her down is me telling her that we would take stuff to the puppies at the shelter for Christmas.

I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week! This year has FLOWN by! In about 2 weeks I'll really be stressing about Christmas.

Alright, Micah is out hunting and I really should be straightening this house up, so I better get off of here and do something.

Welcome Fall!

I so missed summer. Really wasn't a summer at all with all the cool temps we got. But I think if it's going to be cool, bring on Fall! I can't wait to get to the pumpkin patch and see the leaves change and get to the lake for girls weekend!

Serious change here...I started school again. I am so excited! The first day is the 16th so that is coming up FAST!!! My plan is to get my Associates by Dec. 2010, then get a job and start my Bachelors. Saige will be super dooper happy if I get a job cause she will get to go to school too. I was telling Gen and Livi that I was going back and Saige freaked out! She wants to go bad!

Not much else is going on here. Saige's party went great. Well after all the eating was out of the way. Way more people showed up than I thought, so glad we had enough food! She got a ton of clothes, $55(that she already spent on more clothes and a DS game) and a couple of toys. She was so happy that it was finally her birthday! Now I'm hearing about Christmas.....

Random stuffs

I did it again, we got another puppy. I said I would never go through the potty training terror we had with Bacon, but here I am. His name is Jake, after Twilight and Saige's imaginary brother. :) He is an Italian Greyhound, or Iggy/IG for short. My dear cousin Kim got the ball rolling on this. They and my other cousin Jen's family were over one Saturday and started looking at puppies online. Well, Kim wound up with a Morkie named Jasper, and Jen wound up with a Pug named Frank. Jake is actually turing out to be a very good puppy. Just a few accidents after the first week and he now goes to the door sometimes when he has to go out. Saige just loves him and he loves her. Sometimes. When she isn't toturing him. Just this morning I heard Jake barking (he hardly ever barks) and he was in Saige's room trying to wake her up. LOL

We went to the lake over the weekend. Chris came home! YAY! Good to see the boy. We just went down to hang and get some work done so we wouldn't have to do it all Labor Day weekend. I can not wait for girls weekend in October! I love the time away with just my girls! (big girls) :)

Not much else is happenin here. Girls went back to school. Gen is in a new bigger one, she seems to like it alright. She's trying out for Chimes and Choir. Hope she makes at least one. I'm slowly getting ready for Saige's birthday bash. She is doing Hannah Montana this year. Got the cake ordered and all the stuffs bought. Her presents included. Got her the HM movie and 2 outfits. She is finally into 3T clothes. Well the length not the waist. So I have to make sure that all her pants are adjustable or have some really good elastic around the waist.

Playing catch-up!

Wow! I can't believe summer is almost gone! Where did the time go? We are starting all the back to school things. The girls have their lists, and we need to go shopping! Only 21 more days til school!

I took the girls on a mini photo shoot. Didn't turn out half bad, I thought. We went to the river, an old bridge in Sibley, railroad tracks in town,(the girls were a little freaked out about that, thought we were going to get in trouble) and to an old barn on the highway in town. Might have to do that this Fall too. Bet the colors on the river would be pretty!

I'm debating on whether or not I should do Saige's 4 year old pics or just to take her too Picture People....hmmm need to decide soon. My baby will be 4 in about a month! Can't quite grasp that yet. I started an evil tradition too. Every year I made her invites using digi scrapping. Well this year I can't and feel bad. I lost my PSPX CD and when we got a new tower I forgot to transfer it. GAH! So I want to buy PS, but I don't think I can swing that before her birthday. So I may have to ask one of my dear friends to do her invites this year. ;-) We are just doing the usual, BBQ, but this year we have a bigger house so it's here, instead of at the park.

Dear sweet Gensen is "trying" to learn how to cook. So far she has burnt a grilled cheese sandwich, along with my favorite turner, and a plastic fork. Then she decided to make some ramen noodles(the ones in a cup that you have to add water too). She put them in the microwave and then Saige said "Something stinks!" I can't smell and Gen went to the microwave and opened it and smoke came rolling out. The container was about on fire, actually I think it was at one point, and the noodles were black. TG I have a fire extingisher under the sink, we may need it. I told her no more for awhile, I'll do the cookin.

The lake has been great. But we are taking a break til mid August. I think the last 2 months we have been down there more than the last two years! It was getting quite expensive! But I am dying to ride my 4-wheeler! Need to bring that baby home for winter!

Ramblings

Ahhh summer....kids home, warm weather, lake, fishing, sitting on the deck til bed. What's not to love!

Micah and I went out on the river a few nights ago with Jeff and Shannon. We started in day light and that was great. Saw eagles and beavers and all sorts of things. We went down a creek and to a wash out that happened with the flood of '93. "Jumping carp" are all over that thing. When the flood happened it flooded a hatchery and they invaded the Missouri River. Them things are crazy! We were going down the creek tryin to get them all stirred up. A few were jumping and we were looking at them. Then one jumped up and I could look the thing in the eyes! I screamed and got down in the seat. I got up expecting it to be right beside me floppin around. But it made it back to the water. We sat and drank a few. Then it was time to go and the boat wouldn't start. Sat there for an hour. Finally they got it and it was dark. I don't really like the river in the dark. I would rather see all the things that could get me in daylight. :) But all in all it was a good time.

Everyone went to the lake like usual over Memorial Day. The first night we were there, Steve decided to go out on his new 4-wheeler. Him and Anthony decided to do a trail, in the dark, not a smart move. Anthony came back and said that Steve wrecked and was hurt. So they(Steve R, Kim, mom) went to check on him. Wasn't good. Kim took him to the hospital and he wound up with broken and cracked ribs. They transferred him to Independence and he spent the next few days in there. He's getting all better now.